VATICAN CITY (Reuters) The internal investigation is part of a drive by Pope Francis to give Vatican financial authorities free rein to dig deep, overruling some cardinals who would prefer to forget the past.

And the Catholic Church holds itself out as moral authority to others because…..?

Betty Clermont

More egregiously false reporting by the media. Pullela surely knows the Vatican Bank was reformed solely due to pressure from outside regulators who threatened to bar the institution from international financial markets. The pope has appointed men to oversee other men he has appointed. There is no authority in the Vatican independent of the pope. And going on three years, there is NO TRANSPARENCY to the public, other than the Vatican Bank, in APSA or any other dozens of congregations, offices, etc. under the pope’s command.